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An Ugly Downhill Slide as Democrats and Republicans Fight for the Presidency

Attention Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and everyone else “seriously considering” a run for president. You can stop pretending now.

Is Hillary really the best that the Democrats can offer? With so many opinions among the possible GOP challengers can any of them bring unity to that party?

If you think it will be easy for any candidate you are mistaken. The Republicans will have to prove they can break the grid lock. The Democrats will have to prove they can overcome eight years of grid lock that they created; thanks to Barack Obama’s refusal to include the GOP in any legislative action.

Watching Obama’s news conference tells me that he has no regrets and intends to proceed as if nothing has changed. He pledges an immigration executive order by the end of this year. Will his executive orders be grounds for impeachment?  I doubt that will happen. Joe Biden would become president if Obama is found guilty. An unlikely series of events.

Chest pounding by leaders of both parties is the reaction to a GOP wave of success. These kinds of public speeches says the next two years will be a dog fight. Wait maybe this is all talk. The shock of losing the Senate has brought out the worst in both sides.

Will any of these candidates address the real issues confronting this country? I doubt it. Most people will be ignoring the politicians until the summer of 2016. Most of us are disgusted with their behavior and the unfulfilled promises.

545 People Responsible For All Of U.S. Woes

Written by Charley Reese, a conservative, in the Orlando Sentinel in 1985.  He is now deceased.  Everything remains the same.

Charley Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why if all politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices — 545 human beings out of 235 million — are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excused the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered by private central bank.

I exclude all of the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it.

No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislators’ responsibility to determine how he votes.

Don’t you see the con game that is played on the people by the politicians? Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of Tip O’Neill, who stood up and criticized Ronald Reagan for creating deficits.

The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating appropriations and taxes.

Those 545 people and they alone are responsible. They and they alone should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses — provided they have the gumption to manage their own employees.

Think Different

Hope and change.  It was the thing that Barack Obama had promised in his first run for the presidency.   We all hoped but change never came.  In the last presidential election his theme was “forward.”  I did not understand that theme and I doubt many others understood it.

Americans never learn.  We just switch back and forth between Democrats and Republicans hoping that there will be change.  It just never happens.  Whether it’s domestic issues (IRS investigations and the confiscation of AP phone records are the latest) or foreign affairs (the question is who knew what about Benghazi) the number one action in Washington D.C. is politics.

Most of us simply turn off those news items because they offer little accurate information unless you are interested in raising up one political party at the expense of the other.

Americans are being manipulated as usual.  We repeatedly fall for the same foolishness.  Thinking differently means not participating in group think.  It’s doubtful very many people will follow my advice.

Another Tied Debate

Both Democrats and Republicans will come away from tonight’s debate saying their man won.  The president’s knowledge of the finite details of foreign policy and the military capabilities of our nation gave him a leg up.  But Mr. Romney looked presidential.  I did notice one mannerism of Mr. Romney’s that was apparent in all three debates.  He talks like the boss in a staff meeting (I know because I have been a participant in such meetings).

Some have said that the president was combative or defensive in his presentation.  Let’s be clear.  He has four years to defend.  He did a good job in his defense. 

Obama’s reference to underwater ships was definitely sarcastic.

It is unlikely that anything said tonight will change anyone’s vote.  The last two weeks of this campaign will probably be very nasty.  Each side will paint the other as the worst things that can happen to the country.  Negative campaigning works.  Since I live in California I won’t be hearing any of it.  Now if us Californians can just decide which initiatives are worthy of a yes vote.